John Kuntz (Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper and hotel proprietor)
b. 1824-11-24 d. 1905-06-22
Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper and hotel proprietor. Native of Baden. Married to Magdalena "Lena" Miller Kuntz in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 2, 1854. Father of Nicholas Kuntz, John Kuntz, Harriett Kuntz, Maggie Kuntz, and Emma Kuntz. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1858. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1860. Proprietor of the William Tell Hotel in Louisville in 1861.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 199.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 624A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819600.
Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 104.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 196.
"John Christian Kuntz (1824-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial 79830531, accessed June 29, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79830531.
Citation
Kuntz, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201407 (November 12, 2026).
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